Ear Disorders and Hearing Problems

Worried about lump and heart attack

I had a swollen lump on my neck. It came up really big and then went away. Then the next day the lump was back but up onto my check area. The swelling will come and go. One day it swelled up and I rubbed it and it caused me to to have dizziness, blurred vision, by BP shot up really high,...

by gale over a year ago

Otic solutions - prolonged, preventative use?

For more the better part of two decades, I’ve suffered from a persistent infection in my left ear, which I attributed to surfing in the typically dirty waters of Southern California. The effects and severity of the symptoms would range from mildly annoying to extremely painful, with various...

by curth23679 over a year ago

Puffy ear lobe

I have some puffiness in my ear lobe for several days. it is tender to the touch but otherwise does not hurt. It felt like a little ball and when I first noticed it and squeezed it I heard a little pop. It is not particularly noticable and it has not changed in appearance and has a firm spongy feel....

by Guest over a year ago

Ears half-pop when chilled and breathing harder, what is condition?

When I'm doing a physical activity that causes increased airflow past my ears (e.g. biking, running), the ears and their outer tube get chilled and my heavier breathing then causes the ears to feel like they've half-popped. At that point breathing through mouth or nose feels like air is partly...

by Hubb over a year ago

Daughter's boyfriend with ossicular chain

My daughters boyfriend has just had a major operation on his right ear. He has chronic suppurative otitis media of the right ear. He has extensive cholesteatoma with blunting and partial erosion of the ossicular chain. However cant find anything about blunting and erosion of the ossiclar chain for...

by HelenHunt over a year ago

A lump n my earlob

I am a 13-year-old teen. I've had this lump in my earlob for a while. An a few months ago I asked my science teacher and he said he gets them all the time and it will go away in a little while. Well today, I noticed it got a lot bigger and it hurts a little to touch my earlob. I don't know if it's a...

by 98guest98 over a year ago

earlobe lump

Hi, im 17 and have a small lump in my right earlobe. Its been there for about two months. I had a small zit there, which was no big deal. It went away in a few days(i cant remember if i popped it or not), but this new one came up almost over night a day or so later. Its pea-sized and has no feeling....

by joe1111 over a year ago

Outer ear coldness

For months now the cartilige in my outer ears, mostly the right one, is freezing cold. Even if the rest of my body is comfortable. I have to wear a head band or some sort of ear covering even inside. Two doctors just laughed at me and said wear a hat. It is painfully cold. Also...

by Guest over a year ago

Treatment for wax/fluid in ears while pregnant....

For the past month or so I have experienced fluctuating hearing difficulties in my left ear. When I talk, especially, my ear will completely clog up and all I hear out of it is my own voice resonating in my head. I went to the doc and she pulled a big glob of earwax out but since then, the problem...

by loofthenewf78970 over a year ago

lump over left eye

i woke up three days ago with a lump over my left eye it hurts really bad two days ago it got to where i could brealy see out of it it makes my eye sweel shut and feels like my whole eye is going to pop out of my head the pain is really bad when i frist wake up, cough talk loud or bend over to do...

by becky chapple over a year ago